Agriculture Department publishes rule on Jan. 12

The US Agriculture Department published a one page rule on Jan. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on Citrus Canker; Quarantine of the State of Florida; Technical Amendment.

The Department is primarily focused on food nutrition, with assistance programs making up 80 percent of its budget. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, said the Department implements too many regulations and restrictions and impedes the economy.

Notices are required documents detailing rules and regulations being proposed by each federal department. This allows the public to see what issues legislators and federal departments are focusing on.

Any person or organization can comment on the proposed rules. Departments and agencies must then address “significant issues raised in comments and discuss any changes made,” the Federal Register says.

Notices published by the Agriculture Department on Jan. 12

Title
Selection and Functions of Farm Service Agency State and County Committees
National Poultry Improvement Plan and Auxiliary Provisions
Citrus Canker; Quarantine of the State of Florida; Technical Amendment
Newspaper To Be Used for Publication of Legal Notice of Appealable Decisions and Publication of Notice of Proposed Actions for Eastern Region: Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire and Maine, Pennsylvania, Vermont and New York, West Virginia, and Wisconsin
Information Collection; Timber Purchaser Cost and Sales Data
Notice of Proposed New Fee Site; Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act, (Title VIII, Pub. L. 108-447)
Information Collection; Trends in Use and Users in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, MN